NJ Spends Less on Administration Today Than a Decade Ago

NJ Spends Less on Administration Today Than a Decade Ago

Over the past decade, New Jersey’s public schools have devoted a decreasing portion of their budgets to administration. New Jersey has fallen from third highest among the states in administrative spending to 28th.
	1992-93 New Jersey’s ranking among the 50 states in the percentage of public school expenditures devoted to “school administration” and “general administration” (10.42%).
	1994-95 New Jersey’s ranking for administrative spending (8.82%).
	1999-2000 New Jersey’s ranking (8.39%).
	2003-04 New Jersey’s most recent ranking in the percentage of public school expenditures devoted to “school administration” and “general administration” (7.86%)
(SOURCE: U.S. Dept. of Ed., National Center for Education Statistics, Digest of Education Statistics, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2004, 2006. [Analysis: New Jersey School Boards Association].)